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Anyone know where in southern Ontario I can get a train set from a retailer? Or if anyone has a set (mint with box and instructions or better) for a reasonable price (i.e. no rare sets), I don't really care which model although a freight set would (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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I found the HP Sorting Hat set (4701) at Wal-Mart in Square 1, They also had the Manas (8539 attn Chris Magno) they were selling for 88.89. "Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKMy7B.E76@lugnet.com... (...) Shops (...) boxes (...) (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) If you can make it down to York Gate mall on Jane & Finch, (the one Eric alluded to) they have a few Space Center/Space Shuttle sets I believe. Along with the entire Adventure line (first year Egyptian) And everything else from 1998. That (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) There's another Zellers that I call "The Zellers Time Forgot" in Toronto at Keele and Rogers in something called Black Creek Center/Plaza(?). I got some nice old Technic sets there not too long ago (sets with hydrolics). If you go, please (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Lego @ Winners
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(...) OH rats! I was there 2 weeks ago, maybe next week! I'm a longhaul truck driver ;~) Thanks, JM (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Lego @ Winners
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Niagara Falls, ON. Eric "Jean-Marc Détraz" <moratel@auracomNOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:GKnv6s.M3@lugnet.com... (...) $80, (...) still (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Lego @ Winners
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(...) Hey thanx Eric, but where R U located? JM (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Soccer sale -- Tiggy Winkles (Bayshore)
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Hi everyone. I was at the Bayshore shopping centre on the weekend, and most soccer sets were at 40% off. I'm not a big soccer fan myself, so I didn't write down any of the set numbers. But they had a good variety of sets. -GG. (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) I went into TRU Metrotown on Tuesday and bought one of the Alley Magic Shops sets, they had pretty much everything even one box of the large castle and Hogwart's Express but I couldn't find the class room set (maybe some TRU employee saw they (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Lego @ Winners
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My local Winners has several copies of the Robotics Discovery Set for $80, 5533 Red Fury (Model Team dragster) for $40, and 6455 Space Simulation Station for $25. Check it out, you never know what you'll find. By the way, these sets just arrived in (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | EURO (again)
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Hi all, From this day on (October 1st, 2001), it is mandatory for all shops wihtin EMU with more than seven workers to present their prices both in Euro and local currency. This obligation will extend at least until January 2002, depending on the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.at)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) From Edmonton, TRU had nothing yesterday, Walmart in Sherwood Park has Hogwarts, but nothing else yet. Can't talk, building. :) James (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: Any HP sets in Canada?
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Hello from Kitchener, The local TRU had pretty well all of them ...train, castle, small sets, ... must have had about 8 different sets. I bought my two boys the small set with the spinning wheel at Walmart in Kitchener...$9.86 Cdn. Walmart had the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Shop@home coupon for Championship Challenge at Costco
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At the Costco in Ancaster I just tried to pick up a Championship Challenge using the coupon that came with the shop@home catalogue but they would not honour it. Probably because the coupon states "retailer" and they like to call themselves a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham)
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| | Re: Star Wars combo 7104/7144
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Checked 2 Zellers here in Ottawa - one had no combos and the other had at least 10. I picked up 2 myself. Kevin (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) Oh great, all of a sudden people are floundering my ‘supper-secret locations.’ ;) Just a question, what year is your sister in and what’s her major? Thanx, --==Richard who also goes to York==-- (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) I was there yesterday (27th), and nada. They did have 2 of the new green "Supercar", the 4X4 Off-Roader (Set 8466). Fairly cool, but I'll pass. Robin (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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My sister goes to York, and close to her residence (Calumet) there is a ghetto mall that has a Zellers with some fairly old Town/Train/Technic sets (mid 90's). I haven't been there since the spring, but there's probably still some stuff there. It's (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) Try the ad in the paper -- Wanted - LEGO bricks... It does work... Yes you have to haggle the price, yes you have to sort thru the bricks and throw out all the Tyco and Megabloks, but its quite nice what you *may* find... I have bricks dating (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) Well as others have said you don't want to give away all your secrets. :-) But for me, I find I buy most of my lego from Zellars. Doesn't really matter which one, I go to several. They all seem to have slightly different stock. The Bay Yonge (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars combo 7104/7144
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That same combo was labeled here in the States at Target as a 'Target Exclusive'. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Star Wars combo 7104/7144
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Spotted this combo (Slave I/Desert Skiff) at Zellers for around $20. Is this new and have other combos been released. (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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(...) I don’t mind! Anyways, it’s not like the entire general public of the GTA will clean out the Lego inventory before I get to it. “the lurkers will buy all the sets right from under your nose.” This happens anyways. Conversely, I've cleaned out (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | ?Best Lego Retailer?
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*Here’s a general question… ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ Where are the 5 (five) -BEST- stores in your area that sell Lego. This survey will enable all of us to discern which locations are wroth visiting and which are not so good. My top -5- list will (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
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| | Bricks & Blocks
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I am heading to Toronto in a month and I am hoping to make a trip to the outlet mall in Cookstown. Has anybody been there lately who could give me an idea of what kind of clearance items they have? I plan to buy some 9V track, but I would also be (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) I managed to catch Walmart in Sherwood Park while they were doing their fall toy re-org, and caught a semi-knowledgable employee... no estimate on when the HP stuff would be in, but she did know that it wouldn't be a shelf-stocked item (at (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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I checked a local TRU today and was told they'd have the Harry Potter sets 'early or middle of October' and I checked a Walmart and they're Lego selection was pretty poor, as usual, and no HP. Couldn't even find an employee to ask. Oh well. Adam (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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I was told last week by the big downtown Toronto Toys R Us that the Harry Potter sets have arrived in the Canadian TRU warehouses on the 15th of September, and could wind up on the shelves "within a day or within a month." I've been checking three (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) Any luck this week? I was thinking of looking in Metrotown, the the fact that the TRU is located on the other side of the mall from the Sky Train Station and they rerouted all the bus routes makes it somewhat of an inconvience. (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | NALUG a hit at the Great Edmonton Train Show Sept 22-23, 2001
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Our train layout this last weekend was a great success, and we again collected the 2nd place "people's choice" award. Our major goal this year was to have lots of automation, and I think we managed to acheive it. Highlights include: fully automated (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.ca) !
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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No signs of any HP sets on the east coast either. I checked Wal-Mart and Zellers earlier in the week. Andrew (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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I may have to check my Wal-Mart; I would find that odd, though. Normally, they have the deal with Toys 'R Us; they even get the toys before the Lego store in Mall of America. but, my toy r us doesn't have them in yet, so maybe they worked out a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) I have no idea, with the closest WalMart Canada being I think on the North Shore that's almost an hour's drive from where I live. Anyone in North Vancouver who checked it out? -Tim (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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"Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GJzsAo.Ipu@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Does Wal-Mart have some sort of Harry Potter exclusive for a little while? LEGO has done things like this in the past, the most (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | [rtlToronto] Changes on the rtl9 rules page
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Hi folks, I've made a few changes on the rtlToronto9: Show Me the Monkey! rules page: (URL) are very minimal, but clarify a few points including the spirit of the game, what one or two rungs means, and the top of the 2x4 edge limitation. One fellow (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) I was in TRU today and the closeest thing they had to HP was a Train Set(Non Lego) I didn't ask but I'll check back on Tuesday. (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Sear Lego Sale 30% off on this weekend
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(...) IIRC the Bay is 20% too. Calum (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Sear Lego Sale 30% off on this weekend
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(...) I -REALLY- appreciate the heads-up, i would have missed this sale had you not of posted! Thanks again, --==Richard==-- I've been waiting for a Sears sale for a while now... (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Sear Lego Sale 30% off on this weekend
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G'Day Subject says it all, not sure if it is Canada wide. (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Any HP sets in Canada?
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(...) TRU in Edmonton said "probably in the next couple weeks" yesterday. James (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.ca)
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